OPEN UP

OPEN UP is a cross-platform abstract experimental game by new media artist and game designer Leon van Oldenborgh.
Building on experimental abstract games like Jordan Magnuson's "Loneliness" (2012), OPEN UP challenges the player to break free from commonly learned patterns and assumptions when interacting.
Leon uses his background in Game Design to deconstruct and illustrate how our freedom of choice often becomes constricted by the gamified interactions in our daily used tech. These interactions, designed to exploit our assumptions and intuition (subconscious reactions), are referred to as 'dark patterns'.
To win in OPEN UP is to learn to resist these initial assumptions and intuitions, resist these 'dark patterns' and regain a more conscious way of interacting.

Controls:
Swipe/Drag to move
Escape to quit

Music by Sergey Cheremisinov: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing